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898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Hi,
I've been asked to introduce myself so here we go and sorry I didn't do it earlier. Originally from Belgium, living in the UK for over three years, I learned spinning in New Zealand and did my first firespin in South Africa. Best spinning experience was @ Burning Man 2002 amongst 500 others (hence the pic). I've met a lot of Hoppers recently and had much fun @ the Brizzle JC.
Oh, oops, ok, here we go:
Name: Firetramp (Ann)
Location: Isle of Wight United Kingdom
Hometown:Antwerp
DOB:30/06/74
Age: Hey, u can calculate that yourself
Sex:I'm a lady
Occupation(s):Teacher
Favorite Food(s):Pancakes
Favorite Color(s):Blue
Toys: Poi
Hobbies other than the obvious: Travelling, sleeping, looking for shooting stars, spending time with Indigo
Education: Teaching, globetravelling
Favorite Book(s): The Drifters (James A. Michener)
Favorite Movie(s): Orca
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) Be a good mum and run my own hostel.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Smoke City
Favorite ice cream flavor(s):Strawberry, lemon, chocolate, pineapple
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? (please choose one...this is important as it is essentially this site's equivalent of stating your religion...we have religious wars, crusades, cathedrals to Nutella, all that.) Nutella
Favourite website: www.couchsurfing.com
EDITED_BY: Firetramp (1177148029)
Hi,
I've been asked to introduce myself so here we go and sorry I didn't do it earlier. Originally from Belgium, living in the UK for over three years, I learned spinning in New Zealand and did my first firespin in South Africa. Best spinning experience was @ Burning Man 2002 amongst 500 others (hence the pic). I've met a lot of Hoppers recently and had much fun @ the Brizzle JC.
Oh, oops, ok, here we go:
Name: Firetramp (Ann)
Location: Isle of Wight United Kingdom
Hometown:Antwerp
DOB:30/06/74
Age: Hey, u can calculate that yourself
Sex:I'm a lady
Occupation(s):Teacher
Favorite Food(s):Pancakes
Favorite Color(s):Blue
Toys: Poi
Hobbies other than the obvious: Travelling, sleeping, looking for shooting stars, spending time with Indigo
Education: Teaching, globetravelling
Favorite Book(s): The Drifters (James A. Michener)
Favorite Movie(s): Orca
Plans for life in general: (i.e. what you want to do when you grow up) Be a good mum and run my own hostel.
Favorite Music Artists/Composers: Smoke City
Favorite ice cream flavor(s):Strawberry, lemon, chocolate, pineapple
Marmite, Vegemite, or Nutella? (please choose one...this is important as it is essentially this site's equivalent of stating your religion...we have religious wars, crusades, cathedrals to Nutella, all that.) Nutella
Favourite website: www.couchsurfing.com
EDITED_BY: Firetramp (1177148029)
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
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Congratulations Anne! I cant wait to see you again and meet Indigo!
Non-Https Image Link
Congratulations Anne! I cant wait to see you again and meet Indigo!
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Oh, that's beautiful, Jo. Thank you.
Gayle:Thanx for the pic. Sorry I didn't make it on Saturday.
Oh, that's beautiful, Jo. Thank you.
Gayle:Thanx for the pic. Sorry I didn't make it on Saturday.
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sunset seadragon
679 posts
Location: some little fluffy clouds, Belgium
sunset seadragon
679 posts
Location: some little fluffy clouds, Belgium
Posted:
Hi Firetramp,
Congratulations with your newborn girl.
I hope both mum and daughter are doing fine!
greetz from Ostende!!!
to HoP Indigo
Hi Firetramp,
Congratulations with your newborn girl.
I hope both mum and daughter are doing fine!
greetz from Ostende!!!
to HoP Indigo “A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” - Oscar Wilde
Jointly owned by FreyaJ, Birgit and Aurinko
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Picture of Indigo now in my gallery.
Picture of Indigo now in my gallery.
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
https://justatraveller.spaces.live.com/
https://justatraveller.spaces.live.com/
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
https://alittlepoison.com/archives/2006/09/01/paralysis/
https://alittlepoison.com/archives/2006/09/01/paralysis/
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Hey, I've been one year on HOP!!!
Hey, I've been one year on HOP!!!
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sunset seadragon
679 posts
Location: some little fluffy clouds, Belgium
sunset seadragon
679 posts
Location: some little fluffy clouds, Belgium
Posted:
Hey Firetramp,
How are you and Indigo doing?
Congrats on you HoP birthday
Hey Firetramp,
How are you and Indigo doing?
Congrats on you HoP birthday
“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” - Oscar Wilde
Jointly owned by FreyaJ, Birgit and Aurinko
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Hey Dragosani. We're doing fine. Just can't wait to go and see the family in Belgium but her British passport has been refused so now I'm applying for her Belgian one. Just takes a bit longer as I have to register her first with the embassy in London. (sigh)
Hey Dragosani. We're doing fine. Just can't wait to go and see the family in Belgium but her British passport has been refused so now I'm applying for her Belgian one. Just takes a bit longer as I have to register her first with the embassy in London. (sigh)
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
hey Anne
it was brilliant to see you at the weekend and to meet Little Miss Indigo, she sure is pretty!!!
Non-Https Image Link
hey Anne
it was brilliant to see you at the weekend and to meet Little Miss Indigo, she sure is pretty!!!
Non-Https Image Link
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Oooh, thanx for that picture.
Oooh, thanx for that picture.
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Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
Posted:
Lovely to meet you(finally!) on the weekend, such a shame it was so brief!
Hopefully see you and little indigo soon...you really should make the most of that mohican!
Lovely to meet you(finally!) on the weekend, such a shame it was so brief!
Hopefully see you and little indigo soon...you really should make the most of that mohican!
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
I knew I should've gone to this:
I knew I should've gone to this:
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
This is a fun game: https://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40255643/
And this gives you an idea what you can do with it:
This is a fun game: https://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40255643/
And this gives you an idea what you can do with it:
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Another nice game:
https://www.gamegutter.com/puzzle-games/check/375.html
Another nice game:
https://www.gamegutter.com/puzzle-games/check/375.html
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
They've named a car after
Indigo! https://www.iloveindia.com/cars/tata-motors/tata-indigo.html
They've named a car after
Indigo! https://www.iloveindia.com/cars/tata-motors/tata-indigo.html
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Oh dear, I've ended up in a loophole with Indigo's identity. I gave her my surname as I'm not together with the father but he agreed to put his name on the birth certificate so it wouldn't say: "Father: Unknown".
All good so far but then...
I applied for a British passport (the dad is British and Indigo was born in UK after all). But...passport refused as I'm not married to the dad and I haven't lived in UK for five years. (I'm from Belgium.)
So, British passport refused.
Then I applied for a Belgian passport, I'm Belgian after all. Now the trouble really starts! Belgian law says that if the father is known (name on birth certificate), the child must have the father's name.
At the moment, Indigo will have a passport under a different name than on her birth certificate!
And I will have to go through a lot of hassle to get her name sorted out!
Oh dear, I've ended up in a loophole with Indigo's identity. I gave her my surname as I'm not together with the father but he agreed to put his name on the birth certificate so it wouldn't say: "Father: Unknown".
All good so far but then...
I applied for a British passport (the dad is British and Indigo was born in UK after all). But...passport refused as I'm not married to the dad and I haven't lived in UK for five years. (I'm from Belgium.)
So, British passport refused.
Then I applied for a Belgian passport, I'm Belgian after all. Now the trouble really starts! Belgian law says that if the father is known (name on birth certificate), the child must have the father's name.
At the moment, Indigo will have a passport under a different name than on her birth certificate!
And I will have to go through a lot of hassle to get her name sorted out!
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
oh no, that's a mess!
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet though
oh no, that's a mess!
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet though
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
So nice to be in Belgium again after one year and introduce Indigo to my family.
And magine that when we die, we all go to our personal heaven. I know what mine would be; a Belgian supermarket (without meat of course). The chocolate, the 3kg Nutella pots (honestly), proper paprika crisps...mmmmh...
So nice to be in Belgium again after one year and introduce Indigo to my family.
And magine that when we die, we all go to our personal heaven. I know what mine would be; a Belgian supermarket (without meat of course). The chocolate, the 3kg Nutella pots (honestly), proper paprika crisps...mmmmh...
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
mmmmm, 3kg of nuttella!
mmmmm, 3kg of nuttella!
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Just realised that the last time my father and I spend Xmas toghether was 2002! I'm really looking forward to Xmas this year. My father is flying over from Ghana for five days, arriving on the 23rd!
Just realised that the last time my father and I spend Xmas toghether was 2002! I'm really looking forward to Xmas this year. My father is flying over from Ghana for five days, arriving on the 23rd!
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Gosh, flats are expensive in the UK. I'd like to move out of my studio as it's getting a bit too small with a baby. But one bedroom flats are so expensive. And why are two bedroom flats or even three bedroom houses not that more expensive.?
Anyone interested in sharing cause I might just end up doing that. Rent something with two or three rooms and then search a flatmate.
Gosh, flats are expensive in the UK. I'd like to move out of my studio as it's getting a bit too small with a baby. But one bedroom flats are so expensive. And why are two bedroom flats or even three bedroom houses not that more expensive.?
Anyone interested in sharing cause I might just end up doing that. Rent something with two or three rooms and then search a flatmate.
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
I've found a flat in St.Werburghs. Now I'm looking for a flatmate! Moving next month. Pm me for detail if interested.
I've found a flat in St.Werburghs. Now I'm looking for a flatmate! Moving next month. Pm me for detail if interested.
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
I'm having a little housewarming this Saturday evening around 8.
I have a garden so bring spinning gear if you're in the mood.
Pm me for address details.
I'm having a little housewarming this Saturday evening around 8.
I have a garden so bring spinning gear if you're in the mood.
Pm me for address details.
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Wow, I am really honouring my name. Well, the tramp bit at least. So, moving again...to the Isle of Wight!!! I've been offered a very good job there teaching French and Spanish in a language college. I'm moving on Wednesday!
Bristol crew and neighbours; I'd like you to join me for dinner at Oh! Calcutta (Cheltenham Rd, near Arches) on Tuesday at 6pm. Let me know before Sunday 6pm if yes or no you'll come and if you're brining anyone so I can book the table.
Wow, I am really honouring my name. Well, the tramp bit at least. So, moving again...to the Isle of Wight!!! I've been offered a very good job there teaching French and Spanish in a language college. I'm moving on Wednesday!
Bristol crew and neighbours; I'd like you to join me for dinner at Oh! Calcutta (Cheltenham Rd, near Arches) on Tuesday at 6pm. Let me know before Sunday 6pm if yes or no you'll come and if you're brining anyone so I can book the table.
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Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Momma Bear
4,525 posts
Location: Telford, Shrops, United Kingdom
Posted:
oh well done Anne!
Isle of Wight is pretty nice (IMHO anyway!)
CONGRATULATIONS my lovely!
oh well done Anne!
Isle of Wight is pretty nice (IMHO anyway!)
CONGRATULATIONS my lovely!
Hoppers are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
After a really smooth move, Indigo and me are well settled on the Isle of Wight.
Last week Wednesday, the man with a van I had hired turned up at our Bristol home at 9.50. We left Bristol at 10.45 and we had moved into the new house by 15.15. I believe the vanman was on the 4 o'clock ferry back.
We now live in a lovely little house which has a living room and kitchen on the ground floor and a bathroom and two bedrooms on the first floor so Indigo has her own room. We also have a little garden with a backdoor giving to a path that leads to a forest. The area is quiet and peacefull, ten minutes to town and fifteen to the beach. No, I can't see the sea from the house as it's in a "dip" between two hills (so, no mobile phone range, hehe) but I see the sea everyday on my way to work.
Talking about work. The first week went very well but I'm happy it's weekend as it's been quite heavy. It's not just the work, it's being in a new place, getting back in working mode and of course getting not just myself but also Indigo ready in the mornings.
It's nice though to see that this country also has some normal kids and not just the mental cases I've "taught" in Bristol and surroundings. Lessons start at 8.30 and finish at 14.40. I teach twenty 50 minute lessons per week (three Spanish, the rest French) and spend 15 minutes everyday with my tutor group. The remaining time is used for preperations, marking, eating biscuits and chatting with other teachers having a free lesson.
And what about Indigo, I hear you think. Well, she has settled in really well too. She's sleeping through the night again and doesn't seem disturbed to sleep in a room by herself. On Mondays, she goes to the creche which is a couple of streets passed the school so I take her with me on the bicycle.
The other days, she goes to a childminder who lives just accross my street, very handy! Indigo likes both places a lot and doesn't cry when I drop her off. She is exremely cuddly though when I fetch her .
After a really smooth move, Indigo and me are well settled on the Isle of Wight.
Last week Wednesday, the man with a van I had hired turned up at our Bristol home at 9.50. We left Bristol at 10.45 and we had moved into the new house by 15.15. I believe the vanman was on the 4 o'clock ferry back.
We now live in a lovely little house which has a living room and kitchen on the ground floor and a bathroom and two bedrooms on the first floor so Indigo has her own room. We also have a little garden with a backdoor giving to a path that leads to a forest. The area is quiet and peacefull, ten minutes to town and fifteen to the beach. No, I can't see the sea from the house as it's in a "dip" between two hills (so, no mobile phone range, hehe) but I see the sea everyday on my way to work.
Talking about work. The first week went very well but I'm happy it's weekend as it's been quite heavy. It's not just the work, it's being in a new place, getting back in working mode and of course getting not just myself but also Indigo ready in the mornings.
It's nice though to see that this country also has some normal kids and not just the mental cases I've "taught" in Bristol and surroundings. Lessons start at 8.30 and finish at 14.40. I teach twenty 50 minute lessons per week (three Spanish, the rest French) and spend 15 minutes everyday with my tutor group. The remaining time is used for preperations, marking, eating biscuits and chatting with other teachers having a free lesson.
And what about Indigo, I hear you think. Well, she has settled in really well too. She's sleeping through the night again and doesn't seem disturbed to sleep in a room by herself. On Mondays, she goes to the creche which is a couple of streets passed the school so I take her with me on the bicycle.
The other days, she goes to a childminder who lives just accross my street, very handy! Indigo likes both places a lot and doesn't cry when I drop her off. She is exremely cuddly though when I fetch her .
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
It sounds like you had a very smooth move. Congratulations!
Spanner, I like that idea a lot. I've never been to the Isle of Wight.
It sounds like you had a very smooth move. Congratulations!
Spanner, I like that idea a lot. I've never been to the Isle of Wight.
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
Oh yes, please come and invade! I miss my friends.
Hey Skul, I love summer but I'll miss putting Indigo her pirate pixie hat on. Still use it in the chilly mornings. A lot of people have asked me about it over the last months. Have you thought about approaching baby stores?
Oh yes, please come and invade! I miss my friends.
Hey Skul, I love summer but I'll miss putting Indigo her pirate pixie hat on. Still use it in the chilly mornings. A lot of people have asked me about it over the last months. Have you thought about approaching baby stores?
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old hand
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
898 posts
Location: Binstead, Isle of Wight
Posted:
So my little brother is making films and has asked me to do some promotion. Please visit:
https://www.youtube.com/profile?user=AdilElArbi
So my little brother is making films and has asked me to do some promotion. Please visit:
https://www.youtube.com/profile?user=AdilElArbi
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